His country is entering a new era. And after their weekend wedding, hollywood heartthrob George Clooney and Amal Alamuddin prepare to take part in a civil ceremony in venice. Hello. Thousands of prodemocracy protesters have blocked roads in hong kongs Central Business district, forcing the closure of many banks, shops, and schools. When it comes after overnight clashes with riot police who fired tear gas to try to disperse the crowds. When hong kong was handed back from britain in 1997, it became a special Administrative Region with a high degree of autonomy. In 2007, beijing ruled that direct elections for chief executives of hong kong couldnt be held before the year 2017. And anger has been growing since ruling just last month that voters would only be allowed to choose between two or three candidates first approved by china. Overnight, hong kongs chief executive has reassured the public that rumors of the chinese army might intervene are untrue. Laura westbrook brings us up to date.
In a moment egypt. But first, let me bring you some breaking news of a shooting in southern france. A hooded gunman armed with kalashnikov rifles is reported to have opened fire on police in the city of marseille in the fans while the Prime Minister is paying a visit. A Police Source has told. The news agency, reuters, that troops are being sent to the scene in the northern suburbs of the mediterranean port city following those shots. Details still sketchy at the moment. Well bring you more on that breaking news as it reaches us. Egypt has indefinitely suspended its Football League after 22 fans died at a crush in a stadium in cairo. It happened after police fired tear gas to supporters who were trying to push their way into the grounds. Ive been speaking to the head of bbcs arabic in cairo a short time ago and asked him what the football supporters are saying is. Reporter the supporters are saying that the authorities, it is the authorities who are to blame, to be blamed for this only
Wreckage from the airasia flight say they may have spotted the tail section where the black box flight recorders are located. A campaign promised to restore sport to the heart of fifa. The Vice President of world footballs governing body says hell stand against. Hello, and welcome to the program. Spacex is attempting to revolutionize commercial rocket launches with its latest unmanned Cargo Mission to the International Space station. But this time its not the takeoff that has space fans waiting with baited breath its the landing. The 14story booster will soar about 240 kilometers high before flying down back and attempting to settle upright on a footballsized pitch floating in the atlantic ocean. Now, just off the coast of florida, this is no mean feat. Spacex admits the odds of success are not great, maybe around 50 at best. Lets get all of this in perspective. The bbcs science correspondent Jonathan Amos is here for us. This is a footballsized platform that this enormous rocket has t
Action against the militants. China backs hong kongs embattled chief executive as police there warn of serious consequences if protesters try to occupy government buildings. And on the anniversary of gandhis birthday, the indian Prime Minister gets everyone on to the streets to clean up the country. Hello. There is a new warning that ebola is spreading across sierra leone in west africa at a terrifying rate. The charity save the children says there arent enough beds in the country to deal with an estimated five new cases an hour. There have been 7,178 confirmed cases of the virus with sierra leone, liberia and guinea suffering the most, and the first case has been diagnosed in the United States. It is the worlds worst outbreak of the virus, killing 3,338 people since march. The World Health Organization predicts as many as 20,000 people could be infected by november. While the United States center for Disease Control and prevention has this appalling estimate of 1. 4 Million People pot
Possible. We need to Stay Together not split our societies. Reporter 2,000 migrants trying to escape africa are rescued in the mediterranean sea. The coast guard was confronted by armed people traffickers. And well get the latest from seoul on the row between two south korean manufacturing giants over a washing machine. Hello. Egypt says it has bombed jihadists in libya, after militants there linked to Islamic State murdered a group of egyptian Coptic Christians is. The Egyptian State television says a dawn strike targeted camps, trading sites, and weapon storage areas. Libyan forces loyal to the Central Government says they coordinated with egypt in the air strikes. The egyptian president , Abdul Fattah Al sisi threatened retaliation after a video was released showing the Coptic Christians being beheaded. He described the militant group i. S. As inhuman killers. The Egyptian Military have not given any further description on the air strikes. The Coptic Christians were kidnapped in the